Late for Dinner

"Sometimes you can be gone forever and still make it back in time."

1991 1h 33m EN

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5.7

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★5.7TMDB · 25

DramaRomanceScience Fiction

Synopsis

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Two young men, one in need of medical attention, are cryogenically frozen in the early 1960s. The two are preoccupied with the fact that the police are pursuing them to realise what they are doing. The next thing they know is that they are in a strange new world (thirty years on).

“Sometimes you can be gone forever and still make it back in time.”

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Cast

Peter Berg
Frank Lovegren
Brian Wimmer
Willie Husband
Marcia Gay Harden
Joy Husband
Cassy Friel
Little Jessica Husband
Peter Gallagher
Bob Freeman
Ross Malinger
Little Donald Freeman
Luce Rains
Duane Gardener (as Steven Schwartz-Hartley)
Janeane Garofalo
Counter Girl

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: W.D. Richter
Writers: Mark Andrus
Languages: German, English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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35 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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2 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: German, English.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by W.D. Richter, shot by Peter Sova. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Richard Chew shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Peter Berg and Brian Wimmer and Marcia Gay Harden carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Sometimes you can be gone forever and still make it back in time.".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0102279 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

W.D. Richter directs. Peter Sova behind the camera. Richard Chew cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in German, English.

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Things worth knowing

135 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: German, English.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by W.D. Richter, shot by Peter Sova. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Richard Chew shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Peter Berg and Brian Wimmer and Marcia Gay Harden carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Sometimes you can be gone forever and still make it back in time.".
8IMDB entry: tt0102279 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 25 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.